Analysis Of Beyond Culture: The Hybridity Of Funds Of Knowledge

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Critical Summary Gonzalez, N. (2005). Beyond culture: The Hybridity of Funds of Knowledge, (pp. 29-46). Culture has been the main influence of an individual’s lifestyle. We become accustomed to each of our own cultural traditions that we sometimes forget that we all have different ways of expressing our culture. Gonzalez makes it a point that culture does not just go as far as one’s ethnical background. Culture goes as far beyond as a person’s everyday lifestyles, rituals, and experiences. In our educational system, educators often make the assumption of knowing a student’s knowledge and experience based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality. However, they fail to realize the differences of each student’s culture based on the everyday practices they participate in.…show more content…
Culture enables people to embody the characteristics they have grown to learn and be open-minded to others around them. One of the issues surrounding the educational system is how we view the culture of poor and minoritized students. We often categorized within the idea that poor students share a “culture of poverty”, which affected the society’s perception of them as inferior and less capable. They begin to be seen as deficient in cognitive and social resources in learning compared to other races. We seem to lower our standards because we think they are not academically competitive and thus discourage the concept of achievement. Gonzalez urges educators to be aware of cultural issues to truly understand a student’s background. Educators must think and see beyond the “boxes” of ethnicity, race, and nationality and begin to realize a student’s values within his or her everyday practices and their
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